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Leading Scholar Award

Scholarship Description

Recognizes students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and scholarly achievements both in and outside the classroom. Awarded competitively. Essay and high school teacher recommendation required. Application deadline: October 15 of your senior year. See www.mtu.edu/admissions/scholar for details.

The awards are for four years (eight semesters). Recipients of the full-tuition awards must maintain a minimum 3.25 cumulative GPA to have the award renewed for the second, third, and fourth years. Recipients receiving an $8,000 or $17,000 scholarship must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50 for renewal. Continuous full-time undergraduate enrollment and acceptable social behavior must also be maintained. Students must live in the University's residence halls for their first and second academic years to maintain this scholarship. Students graduating from high schools within Houghton, Keweenaw, and Baraga counties (and have commuter status) are exempt from the residence hall requirement.

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